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"We're keen to speak to anyone who may have dash cam footage from the area between the times of 5.30am and 6.15am.

"I'd ask anyone with footage to save it and call us on 101.

"We're also keen to speak to people who saw anyone acting suspiciously in the area around the time of the incident."

Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call Warwickshire Police on the non-emergency number 101 quoting incident 36 of 22 October 2018, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or www.crimestoppers-uk.org

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Crime figures

New statistics show crime has gone up by 10 per cent in the West Midlands in the last year.

The data shows the number of serious selected offences involving knives in the police force area rose by 18 per cent in a year from 2,508 crimes in the year to June 2017.

In Warwickshire , there was a total 244 selected serious offences that involved a knife in the year to June 2018.

This was the highest number of knife crimes in a single year since published numbers began in 2011 - the number of serious selected offences involving knives in the police force area rose by 10% in a year from 222 crimes in the year to June 2017.